endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
power; authority; jurisdiction
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
survival; survivor; relic
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
such ... as; or some such
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
such; like that; that sort of; very
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial